E MAGNITUDES OF THE PLANETS. 



URANUS 



MTH VENUS 



,V*ARS MERCURY 



MILES. 



EARTH 7,912. VENUS 7,800. MARS 4189. MERCURY 3,140. 



PHASES OF VENUS. 



Superior Conjunction. 



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Inferior Conjunction. 



'he brilliant and beautiful planet Venus, during its annual revolution round ~ the 

 presents to us phases similar to those of the moon, as represented in the diagram, 

 ing her conjunction she is generally invisible; but after passing ner inferior con- 

 Stion, she appears west of the sun as a morning star; and after passing her superior 

 'unction, she is seen east of the sun as an evening star. Her apparent magnitude 

 s according to her distance from the earth, winch at her inferior conjunction is only 

 million miles, but at her superior conjunction 160 millions. 



NOLDS, 174, STEAND. 



